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Period: Mid-20th Century
African-American Civil Rights Photography, Washington Protest, Woman on Bus
Located in New york, NY
Woman on Bus, from the March on Washington, 1963 (printed later) by Leonard Freed, is a 11" x 14" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is from Leonard Freed's series This Is the Day: The March on Washington and is on p. 81 of the book (Getty Museum, 2013).
American photographer Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and was a "concerned photographer" whose work demonstrated humanitarian concerns.
Provenance: Freed archive.
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Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
The Bahamas Speed ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
James Earl Ray - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
James Earl Ray- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rock Hudson with Lasso on the Set of Giant
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful black and white capture of actor Rock Hudson spinning a lasso on the set of "Giant", 1955.
Rock Hudson was an American actor. One of the most popular movie stars of his ti...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Welles In Biarritz' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Welles In Biarritz'
American actor and film maker Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) at a cafe in Biarritz, September 1960.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Colle...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dior, Vivalamariee Wedding Gown, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior photographed by Mark Shaw in the mid 1950s. Recently published in the book Dior, Glamour, Mark Shaw. Rizzoli, 2013. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons Estate Print - David Bailey 1968
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
David Bailey
September 1968: English photographer David Bailey on the Italian island of Capri.
Paper size 16 x 12" inches / 40 x 30 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Skiing Waitress
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waitress, 1960
C print
16 x 12 inches
Ski 'bum' Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her skis on the way to a run, circ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn in the slanted scarf
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn in the Slanted Scarf
Bern Stern
print on photo paper
inkjet technique
paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
photo dimension: 25.4 X 25.4 cms
50 copies
phot...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Platinum Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo.
Platinum Print
Image size: 11 x 10.5 in.
Pa...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Platinum
Orpheus #7 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #7 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 silver gelatin photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is from my collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs by Platt Lynes of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus. 8 different photographs are remaining and are available on request. Original gelatin silver prints that are stamped by the artist are rare. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and the art archives of many prominent universities.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Verbier Vacation (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaro...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Balenciaga, Orange Coat Front, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Balenciaga Orange Coat Front -- Wearing a Balenciaga Orange Coat, a model poses for buyers from I Magnin. Shot in 1953 and published in the September...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Giclée
Dior, Felicite Gown, 1953.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Felicite Gown, 1953. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons, Curling At St. Moritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Curling At St. Moritz, 1963
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Swit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
Victoire Fixing Shoe
Located in New York, NY
From creator of poetic images to compelling storyteller, Jerry Schatzberg has, over the past three decades, excelled in both the realms of photography and filmmaking. Published in Vo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe: Shaking Hands
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe shaking hands with a fan.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Let’s Twirl Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Let’s Twirl
1954
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film stars Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwarz) and his wife Janet Leigh (Jeanette Morrison) enjoying a dance at a Beve...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Louis Armstrong Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estat...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Klosters' 1963 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Klosters'
Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Excelsior' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Excelsior'
The beachfront of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Pho...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - All Mine - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
All Mine
Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan.
48x48" inches pap...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Vila Vera - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vila Vera
The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Pho...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983.
40 x 30" inches ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tania Mallet'
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four-poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Friendly Chat'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Friendly Chat
1968 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (left, 1928-201...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Skiing In Vail II (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail II, 1960
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Estate stamped and ha...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Cannes Watersports' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Cannes Watersports'
Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.
This is an es...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc'
Holidaymakers in a motorboat off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kelp, Baja California
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This mounted silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount beneath the image. Numbered "#8" along with "100" in an unknown hand on the back of the mount.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Scotti's Yacht
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti's yacht, 'Scotland Cay', Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wit...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Marbella Club
C print
1976
The swimming pool of the Marbella Club in Andalucia looks out over the sea, 1976.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certif...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Andros Island (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Andros Island, 1957
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957....
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins
Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Skiing In Vail III (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail III, 1964
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Estate stamped and h...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sophia Fountain
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New York, NY
Sophia Fountain, 1960
color coupler print
16 x 16"
ed. of 30
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Palm Beach Arts Festival (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Palm Beach Arts Festival Procession, Florida, 1964.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Hello There
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hello There
1955 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
20 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity.
1955: ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
Monaco Pits
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Jesse Alexander in black ink on print margin.
Titled in black ink and misc. notation in pencil on print verso.
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 1...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black and White Photographs of Classical Male Nude Sculpture Set of Three
Located in Rochester, NY
Mid 20th century black and white photographs of classical sculpture. Set of three. As Mr Codax collected Czech photographers. Unsigned. Matted and framed.
Provenance: Estate of Phill...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
IGGY POP photograph Detroit 1971 (Leni Sinclair Iggy Pop rock photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare early Iggy Pop photograph by Leni Sinclair:
A stand out, early photograph of punk pioneer Iggy Pop, shot by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, Kresge Foundation's Em...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Cafe Terrace In Nice, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera.
This is an estate stamped...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New York Picnic, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
60 x 40" inche...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stocking Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s aerial seascape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch 'Traveler II' , Stocking Isla...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August.
Th...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest'
American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Flor...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' 1962 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo'
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Colle...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
NY Apartments
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
Slim Aarons
NY Apartments
Black and White Phot...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'Bergese House' 1967 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bergese House'
The sumptuous garden of the Bergese villa in Marbella, southern Spain, August 1967.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'Carlton Hotel' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel'
The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Let's Dance' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Let's Dance'
Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills, 1954.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper s...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Attempted Escape, Lima, Peru
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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